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- 1955-1956 (Creation)
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Three folders of correspondence; itineraries; report; three folders of memorabilia.
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This Conference ran at a number of centres during August and September 1955. Synge gave the joint Wool Textile Research Conference/Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) guest lecture on 'Principles of Chromatography' at Sydney. He went on to deliver this lecture in Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne and Perth. He also lectured on 'Ruminant Metabolism' and 'Naturally-occurring peptides and their biological significance'
On the journey out, Synge visited colleagues in Egypt and returned via Ceylon and India where he made a number of visits to colleagues and research institutes.
G/27-G/28: Correspondence re general travel and conference arrangements, 1955-1956
G/29: Correspondence re arrangements for RACI lectures; correspondence re arrangements for visits to Ceylon and India, 1955.
G/30: Itineraries
G/31: Report to the Agricultural Research Council on visit, 22 November 1955
G/32-G/34: Memorabilia
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For Synge's detailed letters home see A.323-A.325.